Harris harding margeson



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Y Letters Patent N A100,169, dated February 22, 1870.

Moen- IMPROVEMENT IN FENCE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Paltent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

which, when taken to the gi'oiiiid and set up, will ad` just and a coiiiiiiodatc itself to aiiy conformation of the land over which it is built.

'lhis is done by attaching the rails to the posts by means 'ol' a loose joint or connecting-strap, so thatany post may be elevated aboveor depressed below the next without destroying the parallelism of the rails.

Iii order to allow the pickets, which pass Ithrough the rails, a snliicicnt motion, and to preserve them perpendicular with any inclination -of the rails, the

lower part ot' each rail is iiioi'tised out so as to make an angular slot, in which the pickets arc ti'ee to move from one side to another, as the rails are inclined.

'Ine connecting-link or strap between the rails and posts'is so made that a length ot' fence can be locked nriiily in place, or it may he`i'enioved at Short notice. .lo more fully explain my invention reference is made tothe accompanying drawings, in which- A A are posts, which may be setpermanently in the ground, or they may have such bases as' will make tlieiii port-able.

Ilie connecting-rails B B are in this case pierced, so that the uprights or pickets pass through them, andt they ai'e'coiiiiected to the posts by str-aps, C O.

'lliese straps are each made with a hole, a, and a` slot, c, opening downward from it, so that'wlieii the bolts b which tasten tLem to the post ai'eturned with the longest side standing vertically, tliestraps and the panel yof fence which they hold can be liited'up and easily removed.. It' the bolt be simply turned at iight angles to this position after the panel is in place, the whole will he secured firmly, as shown.

The pickets D may be made of any suitable'form, and they pass through holes made in the rails, as shown at d, anddrive closely enough to he held in place. i,

A slight shoulder or'b'ead is made on each picket at a point which will pieveiitit from passing any further than the top of the upper rail, thus holding them in ila-ce. l In order to allow them motion from side to side, so that they can adjust themselves and stand vertically, eren when the fence. is on an incline, the bottom of the holes in each rail are beveled, either one or both ways, according to the nature of the ground, and in the direction of thev length of thei'ail, as at e, so vthat the hole at the top of the rail will clasp the picket, but at the bottom it is wide enough to let the picket move to one side if necessary.

The fence being finished is taken to the place where it is to be used, and set up iii the following manner:

One post is iii-st setinto the ground, and a panel is, attached to it by the straps C G. The next post restf i ig on the ground, vits position is marked, and it may be raised out et' the way till the liole'is du". The following lengths are then set in the saine manner snccessively, and will readily accommodate themselves to any inequalities of the ground.

By constructing my fence iii this manner the whole v In' wit-ness whereof, I have-hereunto set my hand.

and seal.

Witnessese n GEO. H. STRONG, WM. GERLACH.

HARRIS n. MARGESON. [n s] 

